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SUMMARY:Community Week (fully booked)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Community Week 26th July – 1st August 2025 \nA special week for Members of the Iona Community to gather on the Isle of Iona. We’ll be joined by Sally Foster-Fulton\, UK and Global Church Ambassador for Christian Aid\, and John Bell\, Member of the Iona Community and co-founder of the Wild Goose Resource Group. John and Sally will join us in reflecting on what it means to be a hopeful community in anxious times. \nPlease note you must be a Member of the Iona Community to attend this week\, find out more about membership here. \n\nCosts \n\n6 Nights: £846.00 per adult\, £423.00 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”BOOK HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#568ea4″ custom_text=”#eae8e8″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2025-07-26%26stayLength%3D6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://iona.org.uk/event/community-week-2025/
LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Iona Abbey Programme 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250802T160000
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SUMMARY:YouthFest 2025 (age 14-17) (FULLY BOOKED)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\nYouthFest 2025 2nd – 8th August  \nGrounded in each day\, we will explore the island and community as well as what helps us grow and rise in our lives. Beach time\, art\, hiking\, music\, service\, worship and fun! \nYou can get a flavour of YouthFest here: \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://youtube.com/shorts/ALC9kP6AYtE?feature=share” el_width=”70″][vc_column_text]\nCosts\nContact ionaabbeybookings@iona.org.uk for all the essential booking information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://iona.org.uk/event/youthfest-2025/
LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Iona Abbey Programme 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250809T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250815T090000
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SUMMARY:Peace building in a world of conflict (Limited - 2 places available)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peace building in a world of conflict: 9th – 15th August 2025\nNote we have one female and one male space remaining. \n“Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me”.   \n The Iona Community is committed through its Members to work for peace within our own communities and in the wider world. This is a challenging but all the more important time to be addressing such issues. During our week together on Iona we will\, with experienced peace builders\, explore what peace and security means in the local and wider context.   \n We will hear about tried and tested peacebuilding theories\, strategies and initiatives in a variety of situations with speakers from the Fellowship of Reconciliation\, Rethinking Security\, Quaker peace work and Ulster University. This will give us the opportunity to develop practical ideas which we can then implement in our own circumstances and localities.  \nIn addition to input and discussion sessions\, workshops and creative opportunities the week will allow plenty of free time to explore the island.   \nProgramme leaders \nMargery Toller\, CCN Peace Moderator\nA peace activist\, Margery Toller has been involved in protests in London\, Glasgow and at Greenham Common\, Molesworth\, Faslane and Menwith Hill. In the 1980s\, she protested in Bonn in response to the USA’s attempt to station nuclear missiles in Germany. Margery has taken part in the Hiroshima day to Nagasaki day International Fast for many years.  \nShe is the moderator of the Iona Community’s Peace Common Concern Network and the Community representative with XR Peace. Married to a German conscientious objector to military service\, her main experience of peacebuilding has been in bringing up their four sons!  \n  \n  \n  \nDuncan Morrow\nDuncan Morrow is the Director of Community Engagement and a lecturer in politics at Ulster University. He has published widely in the fields of conflict resolution\, Northern Ireland politics and the relationship between religion and politics. His research interests include Conflict and Religion\, Ethnic Conflict\, Northern Ireland Politics and the work of René Girard  \nFor ten years\, Duncan was Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council. He has also chaired the Scottish Government’s advisory groups tackling sectarianism and hate crime. \n  \n  \n  \nJoanna Frew\nJoanna Frew is the Outreach Coordinator for Rethinking Security. She has worked in campaigning and academia over the last 20 years\, on a range of issues such as trade justice\, anti-militarism\, globalisation and the history of the British empire\, as well as being actively involved in protest and campaigns in a personal capacity. She and her partner run a house of hospitality for refugees and asylum seekers. Joanna also runs a community gardening project at her local Quaker meeting house.    \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJohn Cooper\nJohn Cooper is the Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR). The FoR is a faith-shaped peace\, justice and nonviolence movement founded in 1914. Since then branches have grown around the world to form a global network. John leads the branch for England and Scotland.   \nWith a BA in Politics\, International Relations\, Third World and Development Studies\, John has worked on questions of peace and justice with Christian Aid\, the Joint Public Issues Team and All We Can.  He is a lifelong Methodist with a strong commitment to ecumenism and a vibrant global church.   \nOutside of work he has a young family\, is a long-time trainee local preacher and enjoys coastal walks.   \n  \n  \nRebecca Bellamy\nRebecca Bellamy coordinates Quakers in Britain’s national peacebuilding programme to develop responsive\, creative\, transformative and local peacebuilding approaches. This work includes getting alongside those engaged in community dialogue work and larger-scale conflict analysis and interventions.  \nRebecca has previously worked in a variety of interreligious settings locally\, nationally and internationally\, working with civil society organisations\, governments and research institutions.  She also brings experience in devising arts approaches to consider complex issues\, facilitate dialogue and strengthen community.  \n  \n  \n  \nCosts \n6 Nights: £846.00 per adult\, £423.00 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”BOOK HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#568ea4″ custom_text=”#eae8e8″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2025-08-09%26stayLength%3D6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Iona Abbey Programme 2025
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SUMMARY:Time and Space 3 or 6 Nights (FULLY BOOKED)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\nTime and Space 6 or 3 night stays from 16th to 22nd August 2025.\n3 night stays begin on Saturday 16th or Tuesday 19th. \nDo you need some time and space in your busy life? Come to the Abbey.   \nOur Time and Space weeks offer just enough structure and community for you to rest and reconnect. Join us in the ‘thin place’ between heaven and earth and be part of the rhythm of work and worship that frames life at the Abbey.  \nYou ‘ll have the opportunity to:  \n\nenjoy the wild and rugged scenery \n\n\njoin our weekly pilgrimage  \n\n\nparticipate guided reflection and small group conversations \n\n\ncreatively explore issues of concern such as inclusion\, ecological justice and peace \n\n\nenjoy creative art opportunities \n\n\ntake part in daily worship \n\n\nwork with other guests on shared tasks \n\n\nshare tasty meals from the Iona Abbey Kitchen \n\nCosts \n\n6 Nights: £846.00 per adult\, £423.00 for reduced rate \n3 Nights: £423.00 per adult\, £211.50 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”6 Nights: 16th – 22nd Book Here” style=”custom” custom_text=”#666666″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2025-08-16%26stayLength%3D6″ el_class=”tealbtn generalbtn”]\n			\n\n			\n\n			\n			\n			\n			3 Nights: 16th - 19th Book Here\n\n			\n			\n			or\n			\n\n			\n\n			\n			\n			3 Nights: 19th - 22nd Book Here\n\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Iona Abbey Programme 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250823T150000
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SUMMARY:People\, Place and Spirituality (FULLY BOOKED)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] People\, Place and Spirituality 23rd – 29th August 2025 \nHow do places shape our spirituality?  \nSet against the backdrop of Iona in late summer\, this programme is for those who are curious about the spaces we inhabit.  \nJoin us for week of exploration when we will explore how people in the past viewed the landscapes within which they lived. We’ll consider how they marked those places\, endowing special places with both meaning and mythology. And how people today\, of widely differing faiths\, create physical and spiritual maps which fill their lived landscapes with meaning.     \nWe’ll have the opportunity to learn from history and archaeology. We’ll create maps of our own inner and outer landscapes to help us renew our commitment of care for the land upon which we live.  \nProgramme leader \n\nDr Julian Richards is an archaeologist\, writer and former broadcaster on both BBC radio and television (‘Meet the Ancestors’). His specialities are in early prehistory and monastic archaeology. A lecturer for the Arts Society and passionate about communicating his fascination with the past\, Julian teaches groups of all ages\, experience and ability around the UK each year.  \n  \nCosts \n6 Nights: £846.00 per adult\, £423.00 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”BOOK HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#568ea4″ custom_text=”#eae8e8″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2025-08-23%26stayLength%3D6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://iona.org.uk/event/people-place-and-spirituality/
LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Iona Abbey Programme 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250830T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250905T090000
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SUMMARY:Reading the Bible as Earth People - Brian McLaren (FULLY BOOKED)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nReading the Bible as Earth People: 30 August – 5 September 2025  \nIf you’re like most people\, you’ve been taught the Bible from the perspective of colonisers. What would it mean to rediscover the Bible as a guide to helping people resist death-dealing civilisations?  \nWhat better place than Iona to rediscover the Bible as an ecological and indigenous text? Where better to find wisdom and courage when it feels like the world is falling apart?  \nThe natural beauty of Iona will set the backdrop for rediscovering the Bible as “people of red Earth” (the meaning of Adam in Genesis). Brian will offer high-altitude overviews\, close readings of key texts\, and ample opportunity for in-depth conversation. If you’re a pastor\, priest\, or other spiritual leader\, the sessions will help you professionally. If you breathe Earth’s air\, drink her water\, eat of her bounty\, and enjoy her beauty\, this week will equip you as a contemplative activist and lifelong member of Team Earth going forward.  \nProgramme leader: \nThis week will be facilitated by Brian McLaren: author\, former pastor\, activist\, and teacher with the Center for Action and Contemplation. You can view Brian’s website here. \n  \n  \n  \n\nCosts\n6 Nights: £846.00 per adult\, £423.00 for reduced rate – see our programme page for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”BOOK HERE” style=”custom” custom_background=”#568ea4″ custom_text=”#eae8e8″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fportal.freetobook.com%2Freservations%3Fw_id%3D43736%26w_tkn%3DZ8ayvaEvw2SsrbCpGHLzeQZxQGqxQJy163aSHXVJnHbgCb53vffml4WKihlt5%26checkIn%3D2025-08-30%26stayLength%3D6″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://iona.org.uk/event/reading-the-bible-as-earth-people-brian-mclaren/
LOCATION:Iona Abbey Centre\, Isle of Iona\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Iona Abbey Programme 2025
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